Based in Hampshire, UK. An attempt at a cheap, reliable, and reusable high altitude platform. Modular design, aimed to be adaptable to a variety of missions, including balloons and gliders.

• Magnetic cutdown

• Interface GPS with flight computer via RS-232

• Buy radio transmitter and interface with flight computer
• Finish programming ground telemetry downlink software

• Build and program camera shutter trigger
• Interface with Google Maps API.
• Build cut-down device (mc- did)

Currently scheduled for completion by mid April. Launch 26/27 April.

Flight objectives:

• Fly a small payload to the edge of space
• Take hi-res digital images
• Transmit and download GPS position and velocity data throughout the flight
• Make a soft landing by parachute with all on-board components intact.
• Reuse and fly again!

Take into account these are just vague, very ambitious plans:

• Stay (neutrally) buoyant at the edge of space for up to a month
• Rendezvous and dock two a glider or payload with retrorockets to a buoyant platform
• Assemble a near space platform at high altitude
• Use solar panels as a sole power source